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Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Dredd (2012)

Dredd (2012) IMDB- 7.2 RottenTomatoes- 78% RJG Rating- 85 Judge Dredd & a new recruit,Anderson ,are trapped in a large building controlled by a fearsome gang.

Starring- Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby Director- Pete Travis

Karl Urban as the title character has done a both good and a kind of
negative approach to the role.Dredd is a character that is a tough as
nails type of guy.While Karl has done a spot on take on Dredd ,watching
Karl as Dredd is equal to seeing a wooden face on screen ,barely
moving.Karl still delivers his lines perfectly.Olivia makes up for the
missing face of Karl.She does a great job ,and at times steals the show
from Dredd.Lena Headey as the villain is great too.Very rarely do we get
a powerful female villain like Lena's character.

The story is
great ,but for those who have seen the Indonesian action flick ,Raid
Redemption ,Dredd will give you a strange sense of deja vu.Both movies
are very different ,but many scenes and settings are almost exactly from
Raid.Anyways Dredd has a good story and the concept of the futuristic
cities were well presented.The punchlines were terrific and Karl
delivered them excellently.

Direction by Pete Travis ,has been
pretty great.Bringing a character such as Dredd into the big screen is a
difficult job that can usually end up as an over the top action movie
without much sense.But _ has made a movie that not only sets the right
atmosphere ,but also has a fast pace ,short,bloody and intense.